Aslam's Rasoi — Restaurant in San Francisco

Have been to many great Indian restaurants in the bay area, and I wouldn't go back to this one or recommend this place to anyone. My first experience at this restaurant was really poor, so my review is based on the same.

What made the experience horrible was the interaction with one of their staff members, 'Ernesto'. While placing the order, my friend had asked if 'we will get some onions', (which is normally the case in Indian restaurants where they provide onions and mint sauce already on table). The server said yes and later returned with food, mint sauce and smallest portion of onions. When we got the bill, we realized the onions were charged as 'Onion salad', and we called Ernesto to clarify, but he was outright rude. Honestly we didn't even mind paying for it, if only he had spoken to us properly. He just insisted that it's a part of the menu, so it's a charged item and we asked him to show that, because we were sure it's not on the menu. After checking, he couldn't find it to be in the menu either. Only for the sake of arguing, he also commented 'the restaurant also has a minimum 15 dollar per person but we are not asking you for that'. Firstly, that rule doesn't even make sense, and secondly we told him it's then their responsibility to set that expectation while seating the customer. Even after all this, he continued to be rude which was honestly the first time any of us experienced this kind of curt behaviour by restaurant staff with their customers.

As for the food, we had asked it to be spicy, which we normally do (as restaurants here tend to be more conservative when it comes to spicy food). The food was so full of cut green chillies that made it really hard on the stomach for all of us and made all of us sick that night. It would've been nice if server clarified or asked for level of spiciness, or even for the chefs to know how much level of spice is beyond...

Food is great, worth trying! We ordered fish pakora, chicken masala, lamb rogan josh, chicken biryani, and naan. Everything was really good, just on the greasy side, as Indian and Pakistani food is. Don't want to forget service was awesome! Our second visit was great! As usual wonderful service, the food was yummy, Tandoori Platter and samosas were very delicious. We tried Kashmiri Pulao for the first time, and it was loaded with nuts and fruits. It was very mild,and if someone can't handle the spices, it is perfect for them. We are looking forward to trying other items on the menu.

We have dined in couple of times and it's always a wonderful experience.

Ordered food again from Aslam's, every food item was delicious. We ordered Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Tikka Masala, Saag Paneer, Baingan Bharta, Chicken Biryani, Assorted Naans. They added mint chutney and onion salad to the meal. Order was ready as promised and the packaging was great. This restaurant never disappoints. You just wait outside in the car and they bring the order quickly to you. Thank you...

Well-made Indian/Pakistani food. Nowadays they know me and actually give me real spicy food. The Chicken Jalfreezi is my go-to, but when I'm with friends or just not feeling like the full body experience, the Navrattan Korma is a favorite (vegetarian, and has cashews and pineapple), as is the Paneer Tikka Korma. I'm a personal believer in no rice, just naan, but your mileage may vary. (I once saw a friend pick up rice with the naan... but he was also ordering his food mild, so nothing about his methods would correspond with my recommendations.)

I recommend the pickles (achar pachranga) as well, and the raita.

But everything is good, and they're super friendly, and you should give them your money.

Quality has never flagged; I love this place and recommend it to everyone I can.

Still a devotee after many years. And happy to see the place getting busier on the weekends. They have struggles now with their landlord and the more you can...